Mem
| Mem | |
|---|---|
| Phoenician |  |
| Hebrew | מ ,ם |
| Aramaic |  |
| Syriac | ܡܡ |
| Arabic | م |
| Phonemic representation | m |
| Position in alphabet | 13 |
| Numerical value | 40 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Greek | Μ |
| Latin | M |
| Cyrillic | М |
Mem (also spelled Meem, Meme, or Mim) is the thirteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Hebrew mēm מ, Aramaic Mem 
, Syriac mīm ܡܡ, Arabic mīm م and Phoenician mēm 
. Its sound value is [m].
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek mu (Μ), Etruscan 
, Latin M, and Cyrillic М.
Origins[]
Mem is believed to derive from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water,
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which had been simplified by the Phoenicians and named after their word for “water”, WIKI